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題名 A New Vision of the Knowledge Economy
作者 林其昂
關鍵詞 Economic inequality;Growth;Indigenous knowledge;Sustainable development;The knowledge economy
日期 2007-07
上傳時間 6-Jan-2009 15:24:37 (UTC+8)
摘要 To date, more than half of the output in the major OECD countries has been knowledge based. This paper argues, however, that the current growthoriented exposition of the knowledge economy rooted in the conventional concept of free competition is insufficient for promoting the long-term development of human societies. Although we now live in a knowledge economy, most countries have been concurrently characterized by serious phenomena such as environmental degradation and growing economic inequality. The prospect of meeting global commitments, for instance, to reducing inequality, as outlined in the 1995 World Summit for Social Development in Copenhagen and endorsed in the United Nations Millennium Declaration, is bleak and the global society as a whole has become less and less sustainable. Indeed, the world is better seen as composed of numerous (but finite) knowledge economies. To take up the challenge of sustainable development of human societies, we have to develop a pluralistic perspective of the knowledge economy and fully acknowledge the characteristics of each unique knowledge system (such as indigenous knowledge possessed by a small tribe). Once we can help each individual knowledge system develop into a specific set of economic institutions that freely exchange concepts and beliefs with each other in a global environment, we will be able to develop a global economy that embodies a value-committed basis that assures a sustainable path of development on earth.
關聯 Journal of Economic Surveys,21(3),553-584
資料類型 article
DOI http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-6419.2007.00514.x
dc.creator (作者) 林其昂zh_TW
dc.date (日期) 2007-07en_US
dc.date.accessioned 6-Jan-2009 15:24:37 (UTC+8)-
dc.date.available 6-Jan-2009 15:24:37 (UTC+8)-
dc.date.issued (上傳時間) 6-Jan-2009 15:24:37 (UTC+8)-
dc.identifier.uri (URI) https://nccur.lib.nccu.edu.tw/handle/140.119/22330-
dc.description.abstract (摘要) To date, more than half of the output in the major OECD countries has been knowledge based. This paper argues, however, that the current growthoriented exposition of the knowledge economy rooted in the conventional concept of free competition is insufficient for promoting the long-term development of human societies. Although we now live in a knowledge economy, most countries have been concurrently characterized by serious phenomena such as environmental degradation and growing economic inequality. The prospect of meeting global commitments, for instance, to reducing inequality, as outlined in the 1995 World Summit for Social Development in Copenhagen and endorsed in the United Nations Millennium Declaration, is bleak and the global society as a whole has become less and less sustainable. Indeed, the world is better seen as composed of numerous (but finite) knowledge economies. To take up the challenge of sustainable development of human societies, we have to develop a pluralistic perspective of the knowledge economy and fully acknowledge the characteristics of each unique knowledge system (such as indigenous knowledge possessed by a small tribe). Once we can help each individual knowledge system develop into a specific set of economic institutions that freely exchange concepts and beliefs with each other in a global environment, we will be able to develop a global economy that embodies a value-committed basis that assures a sustainable path of development on earth.-
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dc.language enen_US
dc.language en-USen_US
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dc.relation (關聯) Journal of Economic Surveys,21(3),553-584en_US
dc.subject (關鍵詞) Economic inequality;Growth;Indigenous knowledge;Sustainable development;The knowledge economy-
dc.title (題名) A New Vision of the Knowledge Economyen_US
dc.type (資料類型) articleen
dc.identifier.doi (DOI) 10.1111/j.1467-6419.2007.00514.xen_US
dc.doi.uri (DOI) http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-6419.2007.00514.xen_US